Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Jason Hare <jaihare AT gmail.com>]

If you think so (and you're wrong), how do you explain the difference
between prefixed heh with patach and the same with kamats or segol?
The difference between your approach and that everyone else in the
world who deals with these things is that we attempt to explain what
we find in the text, while you attempt to explain the text based on
your pre-invented schemes. I guess that's why you don't feel the need
to explain the difference in forms. In your system, it doesn't matter
what's found in the text; it only matters what mystical meaning exists
behind the consonants. Sorry, but the rest of us come from a very
different perspective -- one that actually seeks to successfully
explain the accidents of the language as it is found in the sacred
text.

Jason Hare

On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 5:24 PM, Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu> wrote:
> Jason,
> I am sorry, but your "vocalic lengthening" is in my opinion a figment of
> your imagination.
>
> Isaac Fried, Boston University